hmmm...

well, i'll be serious wit ya. unless u now how to play piano i think FL is going to work much better for ya. even if it takes ya months to figure it out, which it shouldn't.

but if u want to start foolin round on a piano n learn sum music composin skills then my advice is to go to a piano store n play sum of them. every piano 100's of sounds, but if ur makin beats ur goin to be using the basic Piano, String, Bass, Kick and Snare sound over n over again. if u buy sumthin that doesn't have these sounds at the quality ud like then u'r going to be dissapointed.

basically my point is: learnin to play n compose on a piano can help a lot in the long run if u want to get into beats. but its not essential, n a keyboard as a beat makin platform is not ideal, mainly cus u can't incorporate sampling, which is a HUGE part of beat makin.

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